Great Quote

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I dont normally read comments on articles (it is one of the most useless aspects of Web 2.0 in my opinion), but fortunately the crowd at NewScientist seems to be better than most, so I read more of the comments.

And today, I was rewarded, coming across this:

"The FAA doesn't comission/build and operate aircraft, so why does NASA have to comission/build and operate space craft?"

While I think NASA should be involved on the science and research side, I dont think it should be building the rockets anymore. Let private companies do that, NASA can pay to fly, and we might actually be able to move ahead.

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